肾移植超声容积测量的准确性

Accuracy of sonographic volume measurements of kidney transplant.

作者信息

Mancini Marcello, Mainenti Pier Paolo, Speranza Antonio, Liuzzi Raffaele, Soscia Ernesto, Sabbatini Massimo, Ferrara Liberato Aldo, Federico Stefano, Salvatore Marco

机构信息

Biostructure and Bioimaging Institute, National Research Council, Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini-CNR, Via S. Pansini, 5 Ed. 10, 80131 Naples, Italy.

出版信息

J Clin Ultrasound. 2006 May;34(4):184-9. doi: 10.1002/jcu.20212.

DOI:10.1002/jcu.20212

PMID:16615053

Abstract

PURPOSE

Sonographic measurement of renal volume is one of the parameters used in the diagnosis of renal transplant dysfunction and in follow-up of patients with renal transplant. The aim of this study was to compare the prolate ellipsoid formula with a new formula in calculating the volume of a transplanted kidney.

METHODS

The renal volumes in 24 patients with a stable renal transplant were determined sonographically with the ellipsoid formula and via helical CT with the voxel-count method, which is the gold standard. A new formula that uses renal length and the cross-sectional area at the maximum transverse section has been evaluated in a small series of transplanted kidneys.

RESULTS

Renal volume was underestimated with the sonographic ellipsoid formula and the new formula. The new formula yielded the lowest underestimation of the mean renal volume, and the measurements obtained with it were not significantly different from those obtained with CT.

CONCLUSIONS

The use of sonography is appropriate for accurate calculation of renal volume, and the new formula that uses only 2 ultrasound parameters best represents the volume of a renal transplant.

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